The Rosie Project

For Don Tillman, there's nothing that can't be solved with half an hour of scientific research. Except dealing with women.

So far, the only thing that hasn't been clarified by studies in Don's field of expertise—genetics—is the reason for his inability to find a wife. A girlfriend, at least? Or even a female friend to add to Don's select group of friends, made up of Gene, also a university professor, and his wife, Claudia, a psychologist and very understanding wife. To solve this problem most effectively, Don developed the Wife Project, a meticulous questionnaire that will help him filter out candidates unsuitable for his lifestyle: NEVER smokers, and women who are more than five minutes late or wear too much makeup are outside the flexible criteria that will lead him to the ideal woman. The only problem is that a questionnaire like this requires time and dedication, two things that have begun to diminish exponentially in Don's daily life since he met Rosie: a smoker, a vegetarian, and an inability to arrive on time. Or that was the only problem until Rosie came into Don's life and - unpretentiously, since she never applied for the Wife Project - showed him that the ideal woman doesn't exist, but love does.

The Rosie Project is a delightful read from start to finish.